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Legal issues of development of organic farming in Ukraine
Legal issues of development of organic farming in Ukraine

Author(s): Dmytro Fedchyshyn, Iryna Ignatenko, Oleksandr Bondar
Subject(s): Civil Law, Law on Economics
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: organic farming; Ukraine; the Land Code of Ukraine; agricultural land;

Summary/Abstract: The theoretical principles of organic farming development in Ukraine are substantiated. The concept and features of the land for organic farming, especially the legal regime of such land are revealed. The analysis of legal forms of land use for organic farming was carried out. The main advantages of using an organic land plot on the basis of emphyteusis are analyzed. The subjects of land use for organic farming have been investigated. The prospective directions are determined and proposals on the improvement of the current legislation of Ukraine are developed. These include the development and approval of criteria for determining the suitability of agricultural land for use in the process of organic farming, resolving at the legislative level issues related to soil conservation and the protection of their fertility, the development and approval of norms of their qualitative condition that would meet the requirements of cultivation organic products of plant origin. In addition, there is a need for legal separation of agricultural land on which organic products are grown, taking into account the specific use of these lands and establishing their special legal regime.

  • Issue Year: 9/2019
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 15-28
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English